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April 10, 2015

Light-powered gyroscope is world's smallest
San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 09, 2015
A pair of light waves - one zipping clockwise the other counterclockwise around a microscopic track - may hold the key to creating the world's smallest gyroscope: one a fraction of the width of a human hair. By bringing this essential technology down to an entirely new scale, a team of applied physicists hopes to enable a new generation of phenomenally compact gyroscope-based navigation systems, among other intriguing applications. "We have found a new detection scheme that may lead to the world's ... read more

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Water makes wires even more nano Water is the key component in a Rice University process to reliably create patterns of metallic and semiconducting wires less than 10 nanometers wide. The technique by the Rice lab of chemist James ... more		Optics, nanotechnology combined to create low-cost sensor for gases Engineers have combined innovative optical technology with nanocomposite thin-films to create a new type of sensor that is inexpensive, fast, highly sensitive and able to detect and analyze a wide r ... more		Nanoscale worms provide new route to nano-necklace structures Researchers have developed a novel technique for crafting nanometer-scale necklaces based on tiny star-like structures threaded onto a polymeric backbone. The technique could provide a new way to pr ... more
				Chemists make new silicon-based nanomaterials In a paper published in the journal Nanoletters, the researchers describe methods for making nanoribbons and nanoplates from a compound called silicon telluride. The materials are pure, p-type semic ... more		Physicists report technology with potential for sub-micron optical switches A team that includes Rutgers University and National Institute of Standards and Technology scientists believes that a technology it is reporting this week in Nature Photonics could result in optical ... more

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Roll up your screen and stow it away From smartphones and tablets to computer monitors and interactive TV screens, electronic displays are everywhere. As the demand for instant, constant communication grows, so too does the urgency for ... more		UW scientists build a nanolaser using a single atomic sheet University of Washington scientists have built a new nanometer-sized laser - using the thinnest semiconductor available today - that is energy efficient, easy to build and compatible with existing e ... more		How fishes of the deep sea have evolved into different shapes Carbon-rich waters are becoming even more acidic as atmospheric CO2 levels rise Halter Virtual Fencing revolutionizes cattle management across US		Tiny bio-robot is a germ suited-up with graphene quantum dots As nanotechnology makes possible a world of machines too tiny to see, researchers are finding ways to combine living organisms with nonliving machinery to solve a variety of problems. Like oth ... more
				Sharper nanoscopy The 2014 chemistry Nobel Prize recognized important microscopy research that enabled greatly improved spatial resolution. This innovation, resulting in nanometer resolution, was made possible by mak ... more		NC State researchers create 'nanofiber gusher' Creating large amounts of polymer nanofibers dispersed in liquid is a challenge that has vexed researchers for years. But engineers and researchers at North Carolina State University and one of its ... more

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Click! That's how modern chemistry bonds nanoparticles to a substrate Nanoparticles of various types can be quickly and permanently bonded to a solid substrate, if one of the most effective methods of synthesis, click chemistry, is used for this purpose. The novel met ... more		Nano piano's lullaby could mean storage breakthrough Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated the first-ever recording of optically encoded audio onto a non-magnetic plasmonic nanostructure, opening the door to ... more		NASA twin spacecraft depart Earth orbit to begin Mars mission Space Systems Command advances New Glenn certification after latest launch How Do Contingency Fees Work for Personal Injury Cases in Charlotte, NC?		30 years after C60: Fullerene chemistry with silicon The discovery of the soccer ball-shaped C60 molecule in 1985 was a milestone for the development of nanotechnology. In parallel with the fast-blooming field of research into carbon fullerenes, resea ... more
Nanospheres cooled with light to explore the limits of quantum physics A team of scientists at UCL led by Peter Barker and Tania Monteiro (UCL Physics and Astronomy) has developed a new technology which could one day create quantum phenomena in objects far larger than ... more		An improved method for coating gold nanorods Researchers have fine-tuned a technique for coating gold nanorods with silica shells, allowing engineers to create large quantities of the nanorods and giving them more control over the thickness of ... more		The chameleon reorganizes its nanocrystals to change colors Many chameleons have the remarkable ability to exhibit complex and rapid color changes during social interactions. A collaboration of scientists within the Sections of Biology and Physics of the Fac ... more		Seeing tiny twins To fully understand how nanomaterials behave, one must also understand the atomic-scale deformation mechanisms that determine their structure and, therefore, their strength and function. Resea ... more

	Are water treatment methods able to remove nanoparticles The increased use of engineered nanoparticles (ENMs) in commercial and industrial applications is raising concern over the environmental and health effects of nanoparticles released into the water s ... more		Magnetic vortices in nanodisks reveal information Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and Forschungszentrum Julich (FZJ) together with a colleague at the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Stras ... more

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Nanotech and genetic interference may tackle untreatable brain tumors

Mutant bacteria that keep on growing

Silver-glass sandwich structure acts as inexpensive color filter

Monitoring the deformation of carbon nanocoils under axial loading

Bacterial armor holds clues for self-assembling nanostructures

Light in the Moebius strip

Rapid extension of nanographene sheets from hydrocarbons

Novel solid-state nanomaterial platform enables terahertz photonics

X-ray pulses uncover free nanoparticles for the first time in 3-D

New understanding of electron behavior at tips of carbon nanocones could help provide candidates

Turing also present at the nanoscale

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A nanoscale solution to the big problem of overheating in microelectronic devices

Penta-graphene, a new structural variant of carbon, discovered

Engineers uses disorder to control light on a nanoscale

Dance of the nanovortices

Worms lead way to test nanoparticle toxicity

Making functionalized nanocarbons

Holes in valence bands of nanodiamonds discovered

Nanoscale mirrored cavities amplify, connect quantum memories

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